Well, there is a whole laundry list of problems, but "the" problem appears to be that the high speed of the blower motor is in series with a heat strip...

A "What is not wrong with this heater?" list would be be shorter than the problem list.

06-23-2012, 12:22 PM

ga1279

Just wait

If they think its hot now just wait till they get the electric bill

06-23-2012, 12:53 PM

Cooked

The problem is obviously the little blue wire nut sitting on the bottom shelf. What were they thinking?

06-23-2012, 02:57 PM

schr8er

Things you can't see in this picture: a burned up ACE bandage stuffed behind the squirrel cage, W and Y jumped together with what appeared to be part of a paper clip, and half a Spiderman toy standing sentinel just in front of the drain pan.

Found out today that the previous tenant was the apartment complex's "A/C guy," so either the "A/C" part of that's a total lie, or he intentionally booby-trapped his air handler when he got fired.

06-23-2012, 03:11 PM

jackintheboxtec

W and Y being jumped together would be a good reason!

How are we supposed to spot the problem when we cant see everything?

06-23-2012, 03:36 PM

schr8er

Um, it was a rhetorical question?

06-23-2012, 04:39 PM

walterc

That's one where I would just rip all the wires and controls out and completely redo it all. Neatly.

06-23-2012, 05:33 PM

schr8er

That's what I would have done, but the resident wouldn't hear of it. She complained to the land lady and got herself a new air handler.

06-24-2012, 05:35 PM

hvactechdan

Straight up, when hacks fluck it up like that, start over, it's easier to start over than to try to fix it.

06-26-2012, 10:21 PM

Aalmaraz

I am going to throw all my jumper wires away and just carry some paper clips around now.

06-27-2012, 11:17 AM

gsxrsquid

:cheers:

Quote:

Originally Posted by walterc

That's one where I would just rip all the wires and controls out and completely redo it all. Neatly.